What do you consider to be a steardy progression! durring any A/C’s life many parts, even major components will be changed and replaced. As has allready been stated this particular A/C suffered two major accidents before the end of WW1 and was heavily repaired, so in the twenties was it still considered not to be arriginal!? Many Tiger Moths,as you state, that are flying today have been so badley damaged in accident etc over the years that none of the Original Aeroplane exixts, are you going to tell there owners that there aeroplane is not original. If will all insisted that a historic aeroplane must still have all its original parts then we should ground the lot! if you expect that a 90 year old aeroplane should be flying around with 90 year old longerons then your mad! How many Spitfire’s that are flying are Original! are you saying that the one,s out there that have had major rebuilds with much of the skins and structure replaced are not original Spitfire’s!?
This i still feel is a rare aeroplane and worth what someone is prepared to pay for it! I agree with you that in many cases a Replica is a good alternative but if someone is prepared to but in time and mooney to get an original aeroplane airworthy then good on em, if your saying that if X amount of it is replaced its no longer original then you are going to open a big can of worms with many historic aeroplanes out there.

Still want it Bod?[/QUOTE]

If i had the money, Yep!

$750K to much? where else r you going to buy a genuine WW1 Sopwith Camel? its worth what someone is willing to pay for it or what the owner is prepared t let it go for! suppose it depends how desperate they are to sell it!
I dont think that there is what you would call “A Market Price” for this one!

Thanks Tony, look fwd to seeing them, Must addmit i thought that shot had bee talken at Baldonel, you live and learn! i did go out to the set of Darling Lili as small boy of 6 but the memory of it is a bit sketchy!

Tony. I have some Picture from the time, my father Charles Boddington was involved in the films made at Baldonel and weston. Sadly he was killed durring the making of Von Richtofen and Brown, be very interested in any sources of pictures that are available.

Anyone got any of the Shuttleworth collections chipmunk doing its ribbon picking up routine? That is low for me.

Check out post 143, thats a low riibon pick up!!

And i belive that the Humingbird has even made the short hop over to Woburn in the recent past, it is certainly flown when conditions allow. I would agree that it is not somthing that will be flown every weekend but surley that would be better than how it is at present.